diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
index 1b2626a..ec2abf2 100755
--- a/install.sh
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@ echo "Welcome to the colorshell installation script!"
 
 # Warn user of possible issues
 Send_log warn "!! By running this script, you assume total responsability for any issues that may occur with your filesystem"
-Send_log warn "Your current Hyprland and kitty configuration will be overwritten, please do a backup if you still want them"
+
+[[ -z $skip_prompts ]] && \
+    Send_log warn "Your current Hyprland and kitty configuration will be overwritten, accept the backup prompt if you still want them"
+
+[[ -z $skip_prompts ]] && \
+    Ask "Do you want to backup what is going to be modified/overwritten?"
+
+[[ $answer == y ]] || [[ $skip_prompts ]] && \
+    Backup_config $repo_directory
 
 [[ -z "$skip_prompts" ]] && \
     Ask "Do you want to start the shell installation?"
diff --git a/scripts/utils.sh b/scripts/utils.sh
index 5f980ac..834d08e 100644
--- a/scripts/utils.sh
+++ b/scripts/utils.sh
@@ -92,6 +92,45 @@ function Is_installed() {
     return 1
 }
 
+# -------------
+# Interactively backup user dotfiles that ovewritten by colorshell
+# param $1: colorshell repository directory
+# -------------
+function Backup_config() {
+    bkp_dir="$HOME/config.bkp"
+    repo_dir=${1:-"."}
+
+    Send_log "Creating backup in $bkp_dir"
+
+    if [[ -d $bkp_dir ]]; then
+        Send_log "Found existing backup in $bkp_dir!"
+        Ask "Would you like to move it to trash/override it?"
+        
+        if [[ $answer == "y" ]]; then
+            echo "Moving previous backup is goning to be moved to trash"
+            trash-put $bkp_dir || (mkdir -p "$XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash" && \
+                mv $bkp_dir "$XDG_DATA_HOME/Trash/$(basename $bkp_dir)")
+        else 
+            echo "Ok, quitting backup because it already exists"
+            return 1
+        fi
+    fi
+
+    # Make backup of existing configurations
+    mkdir -p $bkp_dir
+    for dir in $(basename `ls -A $repo_directory/config`); do
+        if [[ -d "$CONFIG_DIR/$dir" ]]; then
+            echo "-> backuping $dir"
+            cp -r "$CONFIG_DIR/$dir" $DOTFILES_BACKUP_DIR
+        else
+            Send_log "$dir not found, skipped"
+        fi
+    done
+
+    Send_log "backup has been finished"
+}
+
+
 # -------------
 # Ask the user to choose a number from the provided list
 # Input answer is exported as $answer
diff --git a/update.sh b/update.sh
index a5a17ce..61aed3d 100755
--- a/update.sh
+++ b/update.sh
@@ -55,14 +55,17 @@ echo "This is colorshell's update script"
 if Is_installed; then
     Send_log "colorshell installation found"
 else
-    Send_log "no colorshell installation found, please install it before updating"
+    Send_log err "no colorshell installation found, please install it before updating"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 # Warn user of possible issues
-Send_log warn "!! By running this, you assume total responsability for issues that can occur to your filesystem"
+Send_log warn "!! By running this, you assume total responsability for \
+issues that can occur to your filesystem"
+Send_log "The updater will only change shell configs, like hypr/shell \
+and kitty/kitty.conf, not user ones(hypr/user, kitty/user.conf)"
 
-[[ -z "$skip_prompts" ]] && \
+[[ -z $skip_prompts ]] && \
     Ask "Do you want to update colorshell?"
 
 if [[ "$answer" == y ]] || [[ "$skip_prompts" ]]; then